Eighth grade

Once you remember your passive endings, the first and second conjugation passive are super simple! Whatever you do for the first conjugation, do for the second conjugation... just remember the following things:

the 1st conjugation needs an -a in the present, imperfect, future active and passive

the 2nd conjugation needs an -e in the present, imperfect, future active and passive

the perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect active and passive are formed the exact same way in both (and all!) conjugations... this is why these tenses are perfect! No exceptions!

In the next few posts, we'll review each conjugation in detail! We will speed through these in September, so these posts will be very helpful to you.

Tomorrow, I will post a review on the passive of the first and second conjugation. For now, since the first and second conjugation are so similar, I'm sharing these videos to help you review them. Remember, the main vowel in first conjugation is -a(from the infinitive -are), and the main vowel in the second conjugation is -e(from the infinitive -ēre; but don't worry about the macron... for my class, you just need it for the infinitive).

When you view these, you'll see how similar these conjugations are... all you're doing is using a different vowel in the present, imperfect, and future tenses!

Remember, the perfect tenses always follow the same rules for all conjugations!

Again, in the 2nd conjugation, don't worry about the macron... you only need the macron for the infinitive/second principal part

Notes of the 1st conjugation active and passive verb system from sixth grade

If you know the endings of the 1st conjugation, you can do the 2nd conjugation in the present, imperfect, and future... just make sure you use the -e before your endings instead of the -a in those three tenses

Again, perfect tenses always follow the same active and passive rules for all conjugations!